Forge of Darkness
- Published
- 31 July 2012
- Pages
- 760
- ISBN-13
- 9780593062173
- Type
- novel
About this book
Forge of Darkness is the book that opens Steven Erikson's The Kharkanas Trilogy series, first published in 2012. It's followed in the reading order by Fall of Light. It runs 760 pages. It's where this catalogue's reading order for the series starts, and the series has continued since.
Key facts about Forge of Darkness
Steven Erikson wrote Forge of Darkness, a novel on our list. It has been out since 31 July 2012. The book has 760 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780593062173 to find the main one.
Forge of Darkness is book 1 of 2 in The Kharkanas Trilogy series. The series has 2 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Fall of Light is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 21 April 2016.
Additionally, Steven Erikson writes Malazan Book of the Fallen, The Tales of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach and Willful Child, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our epic fantasy and science fiction shelves. Meanwhile, No Life Forsaken is the latest published Steven Erikson book on file, from 23 October 2025.
About Steven Erikson
Steven Erikson is the pen name of Canadian author Steve Rune Lundin, a trained archaeologist and anthropologist whose academic background directly shaped his approach to epic fantasy. He is best known for the Malazan Book of the Fallen, a ten-volume series co-developed with collaborator Ian Cameron Esslemont from a shared tabletop role-playing campaign, beginning with Gardens of the Moon in 1999. See every Steven Erikson book in order.
Its place in The Kharkanas Trilogy
Forge of Darkness is book 1 in the The Kharkanas Trilogy series. It is followed by Fall of Light. See the full The Kharkanas Trilogy reading order.
The Kharkanas Trilogy is Steven Erikson's prequel to the Malazan Book of the Fallen, plunging deep into the ancient history of the Tiste people thousands of years before Gardens of the Moon. Where the main sequence throws readers into the middle of an already-vast world, Kharkanas builds from the ground up: this is the fall of a civilization, the internal war that fractures the Tiste into Andii, Liosan and Edur, and the tragic, self-destroying court politics that produce the god-figures and legendary names later…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780593062173